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LONG BROTHERS' CATALOGUE— SPRING, ^/fcoTANICAb 3 
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these, lo which we refer strangers, believing they will be more convincing than any mere statements of ours. 
With these few introductory remarks, we are led lo speak ol 
OUR MANNER OF DOING BUSINESS, 
whereby customers at a distance, as well as hundreds in the city of Buffalo, derive such satisfactory results. 
Whether in Plana, Flower Scott*, Bulbs, or other Mock, wo advcrlltio and deal In 
iiouc but^oou mill tried vuriolics.- In admitting kinds and varieties into our Catalogue, we are guided 
wholly by ihc merits of each, as regards gooa quality and desirability for amateur cultivators. We pay much at- 
tention every season lo testing new sorts, and the regular sons of other growers, for the purpose of including in 
our own Catalogue the very best the world affords. Sometimes as many as one-half or two-thirds of a lot of, 
named sorts, that have been secured for trial, are discarded, simply because they do not come up to our standard 
in these respects. Those w ho receive our Catalogue \\\\\ readily recognize the advantage this is to customers. Ill 
the limits of a catalogue, it becomes necessary lo describe varieties somewhat briclly, and on this account we pre- 
fer to protect those who patronize us, against selecting indifferent or poor varieties, by placing nothing in our lists 
but what will prove satisfactory, -where a proper estimate is placed upon the adaptability ami ratue of each. 
A Pal* Equivalent for the Price naked.— We risk what we believe are fair piices for ihc articles we 
grow and deal in, and such as will enable us to furnish, in Greenhouse and Bedding Plants, Uulbs, etc., good, 
well-established unforced stock of fair size and form, and in Flower Seeds the best quality procurable, and a lib- 
eral quantity in each packet. Prices are fixed at a rate that pays for the slock itself, and for the labor spent in 
executing orders, which, by our painstaking system, is of itself considerable : also for postage, when slock is soul 
by Mail, and for the baskels and boxes, extra plants, etc., when sent by Express. 
The strikingly greal difference there is in the cost of producing different kinds of Flower Seeds lhal are offered, 
and the consequent differences in the quantities furnished in packets at advertised prices, render it ill place here lo 
introduce a few words explanatory. We quote Flower Seeds by the packet at prices ranging Tronl 5 cents to 25 
cents. In a single paper of some kinds, such as Mignonette, Candytuft, Amaranlhus, etc., we till in many hun- 
dreds of individual seeds in each, as would be found were they Counted, and sell at live cents per packet. On the 
other hand, packets of the choicer kinds of Aslers, Slocks, Double Petunias, etc., that we ask 20 or 25 cellls 
apiece for, each contain only perhaps in the neighborhood ofonc hundred seeds, some even less than lliis number 
1'he quantities furnished, and the prices ar_- regulated by the cost of producing. Extensive growers in the great 
seed producing districts of Germany and France, calculate lhaiy/rv or six pounds of some kinds that we sell large 
packets of at live cents a piece, cost 110 mure 10 grow, gather and clean, than one thousand individual seeds of 
other kinds we offer, al our highest quoted prices, and thcylix their selling prices accordingly. Some kinds are so 
choice and costly that they arc never offered in any other way than by the thousand and ten thousand, and this, 
too, by growers with whom it is common 10 sell Mignonelte and oilier cheap kinds by the ton weight. Wc speak 
or this, so that customer, may have no occasion 10 place a wrong estimate un our acliuns in these particulars. 
All stock plainly labeled.— All slock thai leaves our place is sent out distinctly labeled. In the future 
we shall use an excellent new style printed label of our own getting up, for all Plants that are ordered. By our 
melhod of packing, the labels cannot become separated frum the plants to which they belong, during the journey. 
On receipt ol' 1111 order lor Plant*, we notify llto Hcudcr, by rental Curd, of the followliijf 
form properly filled out! 
rlJutfUlo, jV. Y.> -187 . 
iVe beg to acknowledge receipt of your favor of the inst., for which accept our 
best thanks. The Plants ordered will be Jonuardcd by early in week begin- 
ning With Monday inst. 
'The Seeds are being mailed separately. 
Tail directions for treating Plants, Bulbs, etc., that have arrived by Mail and Express, may be 
^ I found on pages °f °" r Catalogue for Spi ing of 1S76. 
CO Yours most obediently, 
22 LONG BROTHERS, 
^ FLORISTS, Seedsmen and Nurserymen. 
Cd As win Lc sccn b> . rcu i;„ g the mailer of the above Postal Card form, all orders for Plants are despatched early 
^ in the week. Wc con-ider that the sooner a package of plants is received, opened and the contents properly 
arcJ for aucr living our greenhouse., the better ; and by adopting this plan the majority of packages never 
lay over the Sabbath on the route. Seed orders in all cases arc forwarded as soon as possible after they arrive. 
